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But the thief had forgotten one thing – his "old" pistol, which Ms Wang had grabbed during the fight. As the surveillance footage shows, Ms Wang was still convinced it was a prop – but luckily she thought to point it away for her when she pulled the trigger.

As dangerous as the incident and its aftermath were, the look on Ms Wang's face when the weapon fires is, as CNN notes, quite priceless.

But despite how much worse the attempted robbery could have been, Ms Wang says she hopes Jabri Brown, who police found nearby with a deep cut or two in his back, learns his lesson.

"I hope he can change something," she said. "I hope he doesn't do it anymore."

Brown was charged with robbery, attempted robbery, and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime.